Improvement in water-elevators



y forked-lever F, as hereinafter fully described.

` One prong is passed down on each side of the UNITED STATES @PATENTOEEICE.

SAMUEL F. JONES, OF ST. PAUL, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR Tt) HIMSELF AND ERASTUSL. FLOYD.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,371, datedSeptember 20, 1864.

To @ZZ whom it 71mg/ concern:Y

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. JoNEs, of St. Paul, in the county ofDecatur and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedTater-Elevator 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings,and to theletters ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side central view ot' thewater-elevator constructed according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a detaildrawing showing the forked-lever F, and Fig. 4 is a detail drawing ofthe frictionblock U.

The nature ot my invention consists in the novel arrangement of theadjustable spout B, friction-block C, stationary pin m, and the Toenable those skilled in the art to nia-ke and use my invention, I willproceetLto describe its construction and operation.

The curb A is the ordina-ry size of waterelcvators. The front G isstraight. The back is sloped inward from the bottom. The spout B issupported at the front end by the frictionrollers v@ein the block O,Fig. 4, and is guided by the pin t' in the groove L. The pin mis placednear the inside end ot' the spout and projects above the spout. By thispin the valve e is elevated. The lever F is forked.

front end of the spout about three inches from the end, and is securedto the side of the spout by screws. The fulcrurn ot' the lever is formedby the forked pin a in Fig. 2. Th's pin is secured to the front-board bythe tap n', Fig. 1. The prongs of the lever F are bent, as shown in Fig.3. The lever is bent as shown at the forked pin n, Fig. 2. The bucket Dis an ordinary well-bucket, provided with a metal bottom. There is ahole in the center of the bottom, in which the valve e op erates. Theleather on the valve projects back Vand is attached to the block r,which is secured to the bottom ofthe bucket by means of screws. Thevalve is turned round, with a 1h nge, a, which projects and rests onthebotj tom of the bucket. The under part of the valve is oval, andprojects below the bottom ot` the bucket. The leather is tacked on theange and around the projection. The bucket D is attached to one end ofthe rope k and the weight Il to the other. The rope 7c rests in aV-shaped groove in the wheel E. This wheel is turned by an ordinarycrank, J, Fig'. 1, the axle of which rests on bearingsf. The bar l isdesigned to stop the bucket, when ascend ing, at a proper height for thepin m to elevate the valve e. By the boards P and u tl.e top of the curbis raised to a proper height. n; is a sheet-iron cover. lIhe block C,Fig. 4, is attached to the curb under the spout, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation ot my water-elevator is as follows The operator takes holdofthe lever F by the handle h and pushes it toward the wheel E. thisthrows the spout out until the prongs b b ofthe lever strike the insideofthe front ofthe curb. rIhe bucket is then let down into the well andtlls immediately through the valve. It is then drawn up until the bailstrikes the bar I. The lever .is then drawn outward into the slot S,Fig. 1. rIhis thrusts the spout into the curb and under the bucket. Asthe spout is being thrust into the curb, the inside end rises until thepin m strikes the valve and elevates it, and the water is dischargedthrough the bottoni of the bucket into the spout and thence into thevessel below.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation ot' myinvention, what IA

